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Adult Enrichment We seek to provide pertinent Biblical and theological scholarship. We invite you to all our Adult Enrichment programs and hope you find a place to grow and stretch and open your mind. Contents Sunday Mornings Tuesday Talks Thomas Circle Book Study and Support Group Book Review Series With the Book Stall of Winnetka Small Group Ministry Bible Study and Prayer Groups Studies Abroad Women's Exchange Chicago Theological Seminary Archive 2002; 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; Archive of Series sunday mornings Peer Study Group is held on Sunday mornings in the Centennial Room beginning at 9:00. Peer Study Group members teach each other. Study topics have been identified, and the group has learned techniques for facilitating and participating in small study and discussion groups. Be challenged in mind and spirit by participating in this group. Open to all, including those willing to facilitate a study topic and those who want to listen, discuss and learn. Come weekly or as you can. Questions: Contact John Nanninga or Dinny Cosyns to get a copy of the articles. To the top   tuesday talks Tuesday Talks meets on the first and third Tuesdays of the month in Tolman Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Talks is open to members and the public, is free, and babysitting and transportation will be provided if requested by calling 847-441-3400, ext 10 by the preceding Thursday. Do come and bring a fellow member or friend from the community. For information, please call Rev. Jennifer Gleichauf at the Church, 847/441-3400, ext. 15 or jenny@wcc-joinus.org.                                             To the top homas circle book study and support group Vision Through the Kaleidoscope Thomas Circle invites you to a discussion and reflection group for women who wish to explore the life of the spirit in everyday situations.  In our first weekly session on Thursday, September 14, we will be considering a passage from Finding Jesus. Discovering Self. All women are invited to join Thomas Circle on Thursday mornings in the Centennial Room from 9:30 to 11:15. Contact Nancy Meislahn for more information (meislahn@sbcglobal.net).   To the top book review series with the book stall of winnetka     Cokie Roberts speaks about her newest book, Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation Tuesday, May 20    7PM    WCC Sanctuary Admission free with a book purchase; additional tickets $5. In Founding Mothers, Cokie Roberts paid homage to the women who helped establish our nation. Now the number one New York Times bestselling author and renowned political commentator-praised in USA Today as a “custodian of time-honored values”--continues the story of early America’s influential women with Ladies of Liberty. In her “delightfully intimate and confiding” style (Publisher Weekly), Roberts presents a colorful blend of biographical portraits and behind-the-scenes vignettes chronicling women’s public roles and private responsibilities.    Recounted with the insight and humor of an expert storyteller and drawing on personal correspondence, private journals, and other primary sources--many of them previously unpublished--Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the groundwork for a better society. Almost every quotation here is written by a woman, to a woman, or about a woman. From first ladies to freethinkers, educators to explorers, this exceptional group includes Abigail Adams, Margaret Bayard Smith, Martha Jefferson, Dolley Madison, Elizabeth Monroe, Louisa Catherine Adams, Eliza Hamilton, Theodosia Burr, Rebecca Gratz, Louisa Livingston, Rosalie Calvert, Sacajawea, and others. In a much-needed addition to the shelves of Founding Father literature, Roberts sheds new light on the generation of heroines, reformers, and visionaries who helped shape our nation, giving these ladies of liberty the recognition they so greatly deserve.   To the top small group ministry Small Group Ministry (formerly Spiritual Life Committee) is an opportunity to participate in what we hope will become new Winnetka Congregational Church traditions! Dine Around & Brunch Bunch This is a great opportunity to get to know other WCC members in a casual, relaxed and social setting to make WCC a friendlier and more engaged community. Small groups of 8-10 members will share a meal and discuss a spiritual topic in a host’s home. The program is very simple: One member volunteers to host and is responsible for the main course. Others sign up to attend and bring a portion of the meal. Our pastors will prepare a spiritual topic for the group to discuss. For members of existing Spiritual Life Groups, these new small groups are an additional way for you to get to know others and expand your spiritual journey. Interested? Sign up by sending an email to smallgroups@wcc-joinus.org. You can also call Jenny Gleichauf at 847-441-3400 x15 or use the sign up sheets in Tolman Fellowship Hall. Please let us know what dates you will attend and whether or not you want to be a host. We hope you will be able to participate and help make this a new WCC tradition! Your Small Group Committee Chairs,   Peggy Dyer      Sue Hartemayer      Christy Shellenbarger To the top bible study and prayer groups   Time of Contemplation and Prayer Join us every Monday at 4 p.m. Every Monday we invite everyone to join us at 4 p.m. in the Centennial Room for a Time of Contemplation and Prayer. Come whenever you can-dressed as you are. If you cannot be physically present, please join us in prayer - wherever you are - sometimes each Monday...or another day. We continue to pray for those named in our Prayer List as well as to offer those prayers that are in our hearts. For more information call: Joanne Miner at 847-835-0369. To the top studies abroad To the top   chicago theological seminary   To the top